Papua New Guinea’s mining sector recorded its lowest result for five years in the Fraser Institute’s annual Investment Attractiveness Index. We consider the reasons, and their impact on PNG’s global competitiveness.
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Infrastructure has been the subject of heavy discussion in the past month. Unreliable telecommunications and utilities were two of the major impediments identified by our 2020 PNG 100 CEO Survey, and I was able to ask State Enterprises Minister Sasindran Muthuvel about the government’s plans to reform PNG Power, Kumul Telikom and other state-owned enterprises at a special POMCCI breakfast last month.
Papua New Guinea’s Minister for State Enterprises announces plans for ‘partial privatisation’ of state-owned enterprises, P’nyang negotiations between ExxonMobil and PNG could resume and company reporting season. The business news you need to kickstart your week.
Media highlights PNG-Chinese businesses, the prominent role of women in Australian startups, and should PNG making more of its connections with the Philippines? Readings from around the world on business, leadership and management.
New MD for Kumul Consolidated Holdings, Credit Corporation creates a new role, new executives at Harmony Gold, new Australian and Fijian High Commissioners, and one of PNG’s permanent parliamentary committees gets a new chair.
Minister for State Enterprises Sasindran Muthuvel has revealed his plans to reform Papua New Guinean’s under-capitalised state utilities and telecommunications businesses. The future could involve partial privatisation, he says.
In brief: International Monetary Fund approves Papua New Guinea’s request and other business stories
Papua New Guinea gets help from the International Monetary Fund, Minister for Petroleum explains P’nyang license and the ‘Whistleblower Act’ passes unanimously. The news you need to kickstart your week.
Westpac Bank’s Senior Economist Justin Smirk identifies five key highlights from Business Advantage’s PNG 100 CEO Survey of chief executives in the country’s biggest companies.
Strata titles are the start of a wide-ranging agenda of land reforms to help Papua New Guineans access the value of their land.
LinkedIn could be the tool you need for your SME marketing, Australia set to announce investment in Papua New Guinea power infrastructure and how to ace a networking event. Readings from around the world on business, leadership and management.